Editing the general properties for CIFS

You can modify the general properties for CIFS such as the default UNIX user and default Windows user by using Storage Manager . You can also enable or disable SMB signing for the CIFS server.

1. Click Storage > SVMs .
2. Select the SVM , and then click SVM Settings.
3. In the Configuration tab, click Options .
4. In the CIFS Options dialog box, modify the following CIFS server properties, as required:

   • UNIX user

   • Windows user

   • IP address

   • Enable or disable SMB signing

     Enabling SMB signing prevents the data from being compromised. However, you might encounter performance degradation in the form of increased CPU usage on both the clients and the server, although the network traffic remains the same. You can disable SMB signing on any of your Windows clients that do not require protection against replay attacks.

     For information about disabling SMB signing on Windows clients, see the Microsoft Windows documentation.

   • Enable or disable SMB 3.0 encryption

     You should enable SMB Multichannel to establish multiple channels between an SMB 3.0 session and transport connections.

5. Click either Save or Save and Close .